"Do I really have to?" June let out a sigh. "Yes you do. It's part of being a Companion." Skjor handed her a piece of paper that had a job on it. "I didn't ask to be apart of the stupid Companions.." She mumbled taking the paper and walking away. It had been a few days since they welcomed her and they've been sticking her with small jobs. She still thought she was being punished on some of them they made her do.
She was walking towards the door when she saw that Seradia was on the floor looking under the tables for something. "What are you doing?" June asked. "I'm looking for my ruined book. I decided that I want to try and re write it if I can make out any of the words but I can't find it anywhere." She got up from the ground and dusted her cloths off. June raised an eyebrow as she started to think. A couple days ago she saw Farkas take the book and leave but she didn't know why. He hadn't been back since either. "It probably got thrown away." She assumed is what Farkas did. "It wouldn't surprise me." Seradia let out a sigh.
She looked up at June and saw that she was equipped to go somewhere. "You have another job?" She asked. June sighed and nodded. "Sadly." She mumbled and than walked away leaving the room. Seradia watched her and than looked around seeing that there were only a couple Companions around. She noticed that Farkas wasn't around for a while but she didn't think much of it, she just went on with her normal things.
Farkas decided that he would try and find the other book for Seradia. She was upset that it was ruined and he wanted to make her happy. So he started looking, he started looking hard. The first place he went was Belethor's shop of course but Belethor had never heard of the book, so Farkas decided to look else where that took him away from Whiterun.
He figured that he would probably not find it since there was only one left in Skyrim but he decided to give it a try. Farkas had always heard of a Caravan that carried rare items, it was sort of a black market considering they sold Moon Sugar and other..things, but he wasn't interested in that. He wasn't even sure that they would speak to him since he was a Companion but he was going to give it a shot. He has coin and Khajiit's love coin.
He heard that the Caravan was now somewhere near Riverwood. Of course they wouldn't be in town or on the roads where they would get caught so he had to ask around. Farkas been in Riverwood for one day and he has not had any luck. If anyone did know where they were or when they would arrive they weren't telling him. Probably because he is a Companion. Farkas decided to walk around the town some more and see if there was anyone he had not asked yet.
As he walked down the road he saw the young lad name Sven standing near his house. He was looking at something, something that was gold and he was smiling. Farkas raised an eyebrow and slightly looked over his shoulder. It was a gold dagger that was lined with gems. 'Where on earth could he of gotten something like that!?' Farkas's eyes widened. He quickly approached Sven. When Sven saw him coming he quickly hid the dagger in his bag. "Where did you get that?" Farkas asked. "What?" Sven acted like he didn't know what he was talking about.
Farkas sighed and than ripped the bag away from Sven and took out the dagger. "This!" He held it up. "Give that back!" Sven reached for the dagger but Farkas held it away. He was much taller than him. "Tell me where you got it." Farkas demanded. "Non of your business!" Sven glared at him. Farkas let out another sigh and gave the dagger back to him. "I know you couldn't of bought it at any shop near by so. Where did you get it?" He asked again. Sven looked away. "I told you it's non of your business."
Farkas got out a coin purse and shook it grabbing his attention. "Will you tell me now?" Farkas held it up. Sven looked at the coin purse and than up at Farkas. A smile appeared on is face as he casually took the purse. "I got it from a Caravan just North of here. Go down the road till you hit a trail that leads you into the trees and just go straight till you see the Khajiit's. It's not hard to miss." Sven put the coin purse away and walked away. Farkas felt relieved and excited that he was finally getting somewhere. With out wasting anytime he quickly turned and headed North.
He went down the road a couple miles till he saw the path that Sven was talking about. He turned right and followed it. The trail was long and it lead deep into the woods. 'How would you get a cart down here?' Farkas wondered as he saw how small the path was. He felt like he had been walking for a long time till he heard some voices in the distance. They were defiantly Khajiit's.
Farkas hurried down the path till he saw a couple citizens from Riverwood in the distance. When they saw him they quickly looked down, he knew who they were because they were some of the people he asked but he didn't care. He walked past them and beyond them was a large camp set up. It was filled with Khajiit's. He saw a large tent in the middle and assumed that was where he needed to go. He walked up to the tent and saw an older looking Khajiit woman sitting in down in front of it.
Farkas could see the goods that the were selling packed inside her large tent. The woman examined Farkas closely. "Can I help you?" She asked. Farkas reached into his bag and pulled out the ruined book. "I heard that you sell special and rare items. I was wondering if you have a book like this one or have ever sold one like it?" Farkas handed her the book. "Hmmm.." She examined the book closely. "You're in luck my friend." She smiled. "We did have one and not too long ago we sold it to a fellow in Morthal." She handed the book back to him.
Farkas felt his heart jump. "Really? To whom?" He asked barely being able to keep his excitement down. "Hmm..Let me think.." She looked down grabbing her chin. "I can't quite remember his name but I do know that he is some kind of mage. I could smell magic on him and he wore blue robes." She looked back up at him. 'Falion.' Farkas knew the man well. Him and his brother had run into him a couple times, he was always suspected of kidnapping people and experimenting on them but the man was actually innocent. It was just rumors spread by nosy people.
"Thanks." Farkas sighed and left. Falion didn't much care for Farkas and also Falion was the type of person who always wanted something in return and coin was never good enough. That wasn't the only thing that bothered him though. Morthal was quite the trip and that meant he would probably be away from Jorrvaskr for a while. He didn't tell anyone what he was doing and he knew they would probably wonder about him but not actually come after him. He wasn't going to waiste anytime, as soon as he got back to Riverwood he was going to pack his things and head out.
It took a week for Farkas to reach Morthal and when he did it was already dark outside. The first place he went to was the Inn to set his things down and to buy a room. It was dark but it wasn't too late so he decided to go a head and go to Falion's to get it over with. He walked over the bridge listening to small waves of water hit against the bottom of it. He heard a couple of people arguing but he ignored it.
He quickly walked up the steps and to the door. Farkas could see through one of the windows a candle was lit so hopefully that meant that he was still awake. With no hesitation he knocked on the door loudly. He heard footsteps casually walking to the door. Falion opened the door and looked up seeing Farkas. Before Farkas could a word out Falion quickly shut the door.
Farkas furrowed his eyebrows down and knocked on it again. "Go away!" He heard Falion yell from the other side. "I need to ask you something." Farkas tried opening the door but he locked it. "I haven't done anything! Now be gone!" Falion yelled in anger. Farkas let out an impatient sigh. He traveled a long ways to get here so he wasn't going to leave that easily.
Farkas took a few steps back and than kicked the door open breaking the lock. Falion jumped and backed away. "Don't make me call the guards!" He yelled pointing at Farkas. "You're not in trouble Falion I just need to ask you something." Farkas shut the door behind him. "Oh like you "meant" to ask me something that one time you and your damn brother tackled me to the ground! To oblivion with you!" Falion turned around quickly walking away from him and to his desk.
Farkas rubbed the back of his neck. He knew something like this was going to happen. "I'm not going to hurt you." Farkas walked up to him and pulled out the book deciding to hurry and get to it. "I heard that you bought a book like this not too long ago." He showed him. Falion looked down at it examining it. "Yep sure did. Now get out." He turned back around.
Farkas furrowed his eyebrows down and slammed the book down on his desk making him jump. Falion glared at him. "You're making it difficult for me not to hurt you." Farkas's patience was wearing thin. Falion could tell that the was serious and than let out a sigh. "Fine! Fine!" Falion sat up from his desk and crossed his arms. "Make it quick!" "I need that book you bought." Farkas got straight to the point. "No." Falion said.
Farkas sighed and rubbed his forehead. "I'm guessing that coin won't change your mind?" Falion shook his head. "Nope. Nothing will. This book is rare and I need it. Now get out." Falion was about to turn back around but Farkas grabbed his shoulder stopping him. "Look. I'm willing to do what ever you need...To an extent.." Farkas slightly looked away.
Instead of shoving Farkas away Falion examined him for a moment thinking. He than brushed Farkas's hand off of his shoulder. "How badly do you want the book?" A small grin appeared on his face. Farkas furrowed his eyebrows down. "Just tell me." He said. Falion turned around and opened up a drawer. Farkas watched closely. He saw him take out a rolled up piece of paper. Falion turned back around un rolling the paper revealing a drawing. "I need this." He pointed at it. It was a drawing of a dragons claw that usually unlocked doors in old ruins.
Farkas examined it and than rubbed the back of his neck. "Where am I suppose to find that?" He asked. "Let me see your map." Falion held out his hand. Farkas grabbed his folded up map out of his bag and than gave it to him. Falion unfolded and took an ink pen circling a location on it. "Here is where you will find it. It's a bandit hideout and the Chief is the one who has it." Falion pointed at the map. "Get it for me and I will give you the book." Falion gave the map back to Farkas.
Farkas raised an eyebrow up at him. "What happened to you needing the book?" Farkas asked. "I do need it but I assume by the time you get back I will have what I need from it." Falion put the drawing back in its place. "Why do you need the claw?" He furrowed his eyebrows down. "Non of your business. Now either go get it for me or you can forget about the book." Falion pointed at the door. Farkas sighed and left.
Once he walked out of the house he looked down at the map. He saw that the location he needed to go to looked like he was pretty far from Morthal but it was still in the area. 'So much to do for one book..' Farkas sighed folding the map back up and putting it in his bag. He headed to the Inn deciding to call it a night.
Farkas decided to leave early morning so he could get it over with. On his way to the bandit's hideout he ran into several giant spiders and a couple of trolls. Morthal's wild area was full of creatures but Farkas was able to handle it just fine. It took him all morning to find his way to the hideout. At the entrance there were two bandits standing guard, one of them was an archer. Farkas got out his blade and took them both down quickly. He looked up seeing that their hideout was a crumbling tower.
He went inside running into a couple more bandits but once again he took them out easily. There wasn't much to the tower, there was only one room when he entered and than a large stair case circling to the top. He climbed it fighting more bandits on the way. Some of them were tough but he was still able to take them out. When he reached the top he had cuts and forming bruises all over him. He even had to pull an arrow out of his arm.
The Bandit Chief was waiting for him on top. He was a large Orc with an Orcish great axe and he was equipped in silver plated armor. Farkas got his weapon ready as he knew it was going to be a tough fight. "I don't know what brought you here but you're going to pay for killing my men!" The Chief yelled and than charged right at him. The Chief swung his great axe but Farkas was able to dodge it.
Farkas swung his great sword but the Chief was able to block it with his great axe. Farkas just kept swinging his sword down hitting the Chief's great axe hard till his arms gave in and dropped the axe. Once he did Farkas quickly lunged his blade into the Chief's stomach.
He yanked his sword out and watched the Bandit Chief fall over dead. He put his blade back into its place and walked into the large room where the Bandit Chief lived. Farkas looked around and saw a large chest on the other side of the room. He walked up to it and opened it. Inside was a couple of valuables and a large sack. He grabbed the sack and opened it up looking inside. He smiled seeing that inside the bag was the claw that Falion wanted. It was silver and the claws nails were made of ruby's. He admired it for a moment and than closed the sack.
Farkas left the ruin and headed back to Morthal. When he finally returned the sun already beginning to set. He made his way to Falions house and walked in not even bothering to knock. Falion jumped at the sudden intrusion and opened his mouth about to yell but before he did Farkas threw the sack at him making him catch it. "There's your damn claw now give me the book." Farkas crossed his arms.
Falion raised an eyebrow up at Farkas and than looked into the sack. He smiled seeing the claw that he had been searching for for so long. He pulled it out and examined it. "Yes..Yes.." He whispered examining the markings on it. Falion placed the claw on his desk and than pulled the book out from one of the drawers. "Here you go. Now get out." Falion gave Farkas the book and than walked away. Farkas smiled and left the house. He was relieved that he finally got the book and that he now knew how he was going to give the necklace to Seradia. He went to the Inn resting for the night because he planned on leaving very early.